They are taking their sweet time with this construction," said Danny Diaz, 37, a car rental worker who bikes along the Hudson River Greenway from work in Brooklyn.
One of those people was David Boone of The Towne Cycles in West Oakland. "It's great to see this turnout and have the opportunity for feedback." People were out with their kids doing chalk art on a street normally reserved for car traffic.
In his decision, Justice Stephen Firestone referred to past cases that establish courts must assume government legislation aims to serve the public interest, thus placing the burden on the applicants.
Concrete barriers create hazards for both cars and bicyclists since they are low in the ground and hard to see at night. If a bicyclist hits it by accident, they will likely fall and get hurt badly.